Pest Control Workers
The short answer
This job is less likely to change much. Most of the work is the kind AI can't help with. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 521 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. Most of what it involves isn't the kind of work AI can take over.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a quarter of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
This job is in the second least exposed fifth of New York jobs for AI exposure. The tasks below show why: most of what it involves is work AI can't simply take over.
AI can help with or automate about 31% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Record work activities performed.
AI could do much of this on its own
Recommend treatment and prevention methods for pest problems to clients.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Measure area dimensions requiring treatment, calculate fumigant requirements, and estimate cost for service.
AI could do much of this on its own
Study preliminary reports or diagrams of infested area and determine treatment type required to eliminate and prevent recurrence of infestation.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Inspect premises to identify infestation source and extent of damage to property, wall, or roof porosity and access to infested locations.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Post warning signs and lock building doors to secure area to be fumigated.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Spray or dust chemical solutions, powders, or gases into rooms, onto clothing, furnishings, or wood, or over marshlands, ditches, or catch basins.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Clean work site after completion of job.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Drive truck equipped with power spraying equipment.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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